#11 Measure your calibre

Find the remainder when 1 5 23 + 2 3 23 15^{23}+23^{23} is divided by 19.


The answer is 0.

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2 solutions

First note that 1 5 23 + 2 3 23 = ( 19 4 ) 23 + ( 19 + 4 ) 23 15^{23} + 23^{23} = (19 - 4)^{23} + (19 + 4)^{23} .

Now when we expand these binomials, a factor of 19 19 will appear in every term of the expansions except the last of each one, so we end up with

1 5 23 + 2 3 23 ( 4 ) 23 + 4 23 ( m o d 19 ) = 0 15^{23} + 23^{23} \equiv (-4)^{23} + 4^{23} \pmod{19} = \boxed{0} .

Sudhamsh Suraj
Mar 7, 2017

If a,b are positive integers then, a^23 + b^23 is always divisible by (a+b). So it is divisible by 19.

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